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Two Justifications for the Major Questions Doctrine
January 31, 2024 EDT
Two Justifications for the Major Questions Doctrine
Cass Sunstein

There are two justifications for the major questions doctrine. The first justification, vigorously offered by Justice Neil Gorsuch, might be described as Lockean; it sees the doctrine as an...

Zombie Patents and Zombie Companies with Patents
July 01, 2017 EDT
Zombie Patents and Zombie Companies with Patents
Xuan-Thao Nguyen

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Byte Marks: Making Sense of New F.R.C.P. 37(e)
March 01, 2017 EDT
Byte Marks: Making Sense of New F.R.C.P. 37(e)
Charles Yablon

New FRCP 37(e) limits severe, case ending sanctions for lost electronically stored information (ESI) to situations where a party acted with “intent to deprive” other parties of the use of...

Fraudulent Aggregation: The Effect of Daimler and Walden on Mass Litigation
March 01, 2017 EDT
Fraudulent Aggregation: The Effect of Daimler and Walden on Mass Litigation
Jeff LingwallChris Wray

This Article examines the effect of the U.S. Supreme Court’s jurisdictional tightening in Daimler and Walden on mass litigation. This Article shows how the Supreme Court’s changes to general and...

November 01, 2016 EDT
A New Era for Judicial Retention Elections: The Rise of and Defense Against Unfair Political Attacks
Hon. Barbara J. ParienteF. James Robinson Jr.

The judicial-merit selection and retention system for appointing judges to the bench was designed to emphasize selection based on the judge’s qualifications and to minimize the influence of partisanship and...

November 01, 2016 EDT
Voices on Innocence
Lucian E. DervanRichard A. LeoMeghan J. RyanValena E. Beety

In the summer of 2015, experts gathered from around the country to sit together and discuss one of the most pressing and important issues facing the American criminal justice system—innocence....

Does the Telephone Consumer Protection Act Violate Due Process As Applied?
September 01, 2016 EDT
Does the Telephone Consumer Protection Act Violate Due Process As Applied?
J. Gregory Sidak

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA) subjects a telemarketer’s use of autodialed telephone calls, automated text messages, and faxes to statutory damages of $500 per violation or up...

Supreme Disgorgement
September 01, 2016 EDT
Supreme Disgorgement
Caprice Roberts

Disgorgement of a defendant’s wrongful gains is an ancient remedy. It applies across a spectrum of contexts—from trademark infringement to fiduciary duties, from common law to statutes, from public to...

Golden Parachutes, Severance, and Firm Value
May 01, 2016 EDT
Golden Parachutes, Severance, and Firm Value
Andrew C.W. LundRobert Schonlau

Golden parachutes (GPs) are now standard contract provisions for public company CEOs. While they have become ubiquitous, they have also been severely criticized for harming shareholder value. As a result,...

Content-Neutral and Content-Based Regulations of Speech: A Distinction That is No Longer Worth the Fuss
November 01, 2015 EDT
Content-Neutral and Content-Based Regulations of Speech: A Distinction That is No Longer Worth the Fuss
R. George Wright

The binary distinction between content-neutral and content-based speech regulations is of central importance in First Amendment doctrine. This distinction has been the subject of U.S. Supreme Court attention on several...

February 01, 2015 EDT
Regulating the Speech of Judges and Lawyers: The First Amendment and the Soul of the Profession
Rodney A. Smolla

The legal profession has historically asserted moral and legal authority to substantially control the speech of judges and lawyers. This impulse to control the speech of judges and lawyers is...